[cva66snipe]

I was in the Navy for 21 years and I call total BS on that one. There's always some sleeping in the berthing spaces. Day or night!

True but when the Zebra order comes down that's it the hatches get closed. My GQ station used to be inside an inescapable compartment. I was in an equipment room under the Photo Lab that supplied supplemental cooling. The hatch did not have a scuttle in the middle to exit. Once it was shut and dogged that was it.

[rlmorel]

That was the way I remember it. When GQ was sounded, it was immediate closure of certain hatches. I never remember anyone saying “Is there anyone in there” before closing them. But I did not live down where you were.